“You’re running back is unbelievable,” Harbaugh said of Cook during an Orange Bowl press conference Wednesday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. “What a great player - A true slashing type of back.”

COLUMBUS, OH - NOVEMBER 26: Jabrill Peppers #5 of the Michigan Wolverines reacts after a missed field goal by the Ohio State Buckeyes during their game at Ohio Stadium on November 26, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if

COLUMBUS, OH - NOVEMBER 26: Jabrill Peppers #5 of the Michigan Wolverines reacts after a missed field goal by the Ohio State Buckeyes during their game at Ohio Stadium on November 26, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if (Gregory Shamus / Getty Images)

Florida State may not have been in the hunt for Jabrill Peppers during the 2014 recruiting cycle that yielded star running back Dalvin Cook and 27 other players currently on the roster.

But Jimbo Fisher surely remembers how explosive of a prospect Peppers, the nation’s top-rated athlete, was for national powerhouse Paramus Catholic High School in New Jersey.